While West Indies won the second ODI in St. Lucia by four wickets to square the series, 18-year-old Khan followed up on his seven for 18 performance in the first ODI by picking up 3/26 off his 10 overs. Shai Hope's 35 was the best offering for the Windies while tail-ender Alzarri Joseph made 27 and opener Evin Lewis 21.
Teenage sensation Rashid Khan, 18, left the Windies in a spin last time out following his remarkable seven-wicket haul.
Fresh from a sensational 63-run win in the first match on Friday, the visitors retained an unchanged 11 in pursuit of the win that would give them an historic first ODI series triumph against a Full Member nation of the International Cricket Council.
The Afghanistan victory comes on the heels of three straight Twenty20 losses to West Indies. The teenager started off by dismissing Jason Mohammed on the very first ball of his spell. His enterprising innings off 73 balls included two sixes and two fours, saving his side from complete annihilation as they had slipped to 51 for six when he came to the crease.
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Tottering on 70 for six in the 25th over, West Indies were settled somewhat by a 20-run stand between left-hander Jonathan Carter (19) and Ashley Nurse (12) before Khan again struck to have Nurse lbw on the back foot in the 29th over.
Javed Ahmadi top scored for Afghanistan with 81, but the night belonged to Rashid, who dedicated his man of the match award to the victims of the recent Kabul bomb blast.
The other bowlers contributed in the game were Dawlat Zadran who took 2 wickets, Gulbaddin Naib took 1 wicket, Mohammad Nabi, Amir Hamza, and Samiullah Shenwari could not take any wicket.
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